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THAT PATRICK! 



A COMEDY IN ONE ACT. 



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DRAMATIS PERSONS. 

John French Nmweau riche. 

Mrs. Churchill A young widow. 

Marie ^^'^- ChurcJdlVs maid. 



Costumes modern and appropriate. 



THAT PATRICK! 



Scene. — Mrs. Churchill's drawing-room. Marie dis- 
covered arranging /lowers in vase. 

Marie. Flowers ! flowers ! always flowers ! The gar- 
dener of Mr. French, he give me flowers ; and the coachman 
across the street, he give me flowers ; and the milkman, he 
leave them on the back steps ; and the postman, he throw 
them over the hedge. If only now the one or the other would 
bring me a head of lettuce, or a good cabbage, — ach ! 
Sauer-kraut — die Hebe sauer-kraut ! das liebe Vaterland ! 
(Sig/is.) The butcher, however, he please me ; " Marie, I 
bring you a garland," say he — "make your eyes to!" and 
when I open my eyes, there is a whole string of sausages 
round my neck. Ach! — der ist ein Mann! And the dai- 
ryman, he bring fresh eggs. However, my mistress, die 
gnadige Frau, she like the flowers, and to her I gives them. 
{T/iroug/i window appears a bunch offiowers on the end of 
a pitchfork. Marie does not notice till prong slightly pricks 
her shoulder.^ Ach, Himmel ! {Sees flowers.^ Again 
flowers ? That Patrick ! Roses — it is the gardener of Mr. 
French, our neighbor. So shy is that Patrick ! Six bou- 
quets has he give me in six days, and always thus, at the end 
of a pitchfork. {Takes roses. Pitchfork is withdrawn^ 
Alas ! Where another vase 'i — all full ! 

{Enter Mrs. Churchill.) 

Mrs. C. Good morning, Marie ! 

Marie. Good morning, madame ! 

Mrs. C. How gay we are with flowers! More tributes 
from your admirers .-^ They will help us to forget that we 
have no breakfast this morning. 

Marie. Breakfast? One instant, gnadige Frau I 
{Exit.) 

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6 THAT PATRICK 



Mrs. C. Poor little thing ! Or, rather — poor me ! One 
of the hardest things about my reverses is that I shall have 
to part with her. It will be lonely in this great tumble- 
down house without her. She has been with me six years 
now. But with all these ardent admirers, she will be better 
taken care of than I am. 

{^Re-enter Marie with tray, which, she places before 
Mrs. C.) 

Marie. Eggs ! — fruit ! — tea ! — bread ! — butter ! Gut- 
en appetit — gnadige Frau ! 

Mrs. C. But, child, where did all this come from ? 

Marie. Madame will commence with a few grapes ? 

Mrs. C. I thought you told me there was not a scrap in 
the house ! 

Marie. The ^gg ! — shall I break it for madame ? 

Mrs. C. Marie, I insist on an explanation ! I have told 
you not to run up bills. 

Marie. Madame need have no fear. As for the eggs and 
cream, the dairyman, he is a friend of mine. 

Mrs. C. But the tea ? 

Marie. The tea ? Oh, the grocer, he is a very good 
friend of mine. 

Mrs. C. And the bread .? 

Marie. That baker boy, he always think he make such 
nice bread — he would have me try it. 

Mrs. C. And these exquisite hot-house grapes ? 

Marie. Oh, the gardener of Mr. Sutton, he pass by this 
morning ! Has madame no appetite ? 

Mrs. C. {rising). Marie, this is too much ! That I 
should be living on the bounty of your friends ! Take it 
away ! I shall not touch a mouthful ! 

Marie {openitig her eyes innocently). Oh, madame ! 
what would you .? The men, if they will give me eggs, and 
flowers, and tea — is it my fault ? 

Mrs. C. {severely). But, Marie, don't you know it's very 
wrong to encourage so many men at one time ? 

Marie. Encourage ? It is they that have the courage — 
I do nothing! I but says, '' Thank you ! " 

Mrs. C. {laughing). Well, I see it's of no use! For this 
once, especially as I'm half faint with hunger, I will eat your 
breakfast. But mind, Marie, it is never to happen again! I 
expect a remittance this evening. I have been speaking to 
Mrs. James about you, Marie, and as I shall no longer be 
able to keep you in my service ^- 

Marie. What ! Madame will marry again ? 

Mrs. C. Marry? What has put that into your head.? 



THAT PATRICK! J 

Marie. The nei<2;hbor of madame, Mr. French, he has 
had that in his head for a long time. He is very rich. His 
father make a fortune — a large fortune. 

Mrs. C. {takiiiirup rosus). But these are the very pretti- 
est flowers of them all. Where did they come from 1 

Marie. Oh, a friend of mine — but there is no vase. 
Madame will wear them — they suit her complexion. 

Mrs. C. Wear those tender tokens ? No, indeed ! you 
shall wear them yourself 

Marie. If madame would but do me the honor ! 

Mrs. C. I'm too old and grave for such vanities, 
Marie. 

Marie. Oh ! gnadige Frau ! {She pins roses on Mrs. C.'s 
dress. ^ 

Mrs. C. Well, I will wear them for your sake. What I 
should have done without you I do not know ! {Bell heard 
without.) What ! a caller so early ! I must run and change 
my breakfast-cap. {Exit) 

{Exit Marie with tray. Leaves fruit. Re-enter Marie, 
carrying bundle of onions.) 

Marie. Ach ! But they smell good ! I will make a nice 
stew. That was the gardener of Mr. Baker that leave them 
— no visitor for my mistress. These American men ! they 
very good to me. People say men is so bad, so selfish, so 
cruel. I do not find it. {Proceeds to dust room. Song, if 
desired. After song, pitchfork appears at window luith note 
on prong. ^Ia.'^i^ perceives it.) Ach! again that Patrick! 
{Takes note) Ach! a poetry! {Pitchfork withdrawn. 
Reads .•) 

" The roses I send thee, 
Oh, do they offend thee ? 
Ah ! cruel one, bend thee, 
And look on my woe I " 

Ach, Himmel ! wie schon ! How beautiful ! How splendid I 
How — nice ! That Patrick — he write poetry. No one ever 
write poetry to me before. {Looks pensive, and sighs.) 
Now, if my mistress marry the master of Patrick! — {Bell 
without.) Ach, it rings ! {Exit.) 

{Enter French and Marie. Exit Marie.) 
French. Fine old house! Pity it's so out of repair! 
No wonder that Mrs. Churchill is proud of it and of her fam- 
ily. H'm ! Afy paternal mansion ! Still, she accepts my 
roses ! What a handsome woman she is ! Those eyes of 
hers — whenever she looks at me, 1 know she is thinking, 



8 THAT PATRICK! 

" Your father, sir, was a pedler ! " Still, she accepts my 
roses ! At least, she doesn't refuse them. She never thanks 
me ; but then, perhaps, that's all the better. There's a good 
deal in silence. 

{Enter Marie.) 

Marie. Madame will appear soon. Madame presents her 
compliments, and hopes that Mr. French will be seated. The 
ball Madame attend last night, and the attention she receive, 
and all, have tire Madame. Madame sleep late. 

French. Attention ! I know it ! all the swells admire 
her! 

Marie. Will Mr. French not graciously refresh himself 
with a few grapes. {Presents grapes.) 

French {waving them off). Thanks, no. 

Marie. Mr. French will find them excellent. 

French. No, thank you ! 

Marie. The grapes of Mr. Sutton ; they are famed 
through the country. 

French. Sutton? What! How! These grapes came 
from Mr. Sutton .? 

Marie. From the hot-house of Mr. Sutton. {Places 
them by him on the table.) 

French {aside). So ! Sutton's paying court, is he ? 
H'm ! I always said she was a handsome woman. H'm ! 
Grapes from Sutton's hot-house ! 

Marie. But the peaches of Mr. Belmont ! they, too, are 
fine. {Places peaches by grapes.) 

French. Belmont ! Belmont ! What Belmont ? Not 
that hulking old — 

Marie. Mr. Belmont, of Belmont Park. Will Mr. French 
not try a peach ? 

French {aside). Why, he's the stingiest old curmudgeon 
in the district. They say his own mother has never tasted a 
peach of his raising. So Belmont sends Mrs. Churchill 
peaches, does he .-* 

Marie. But yet it is flowers that are most beautiful, after 
all. These liHes, now. Mr. French is a judge of lilies. 
{Places dish of lilies on table). 

French. Judge of lihes } I hate lihes. {Aside.) I 
always said there was not a woman in America who could 
hold a candle to her. {Aloitd.) Lilies, h'm ! These grew on 
Mrs. Churchill's place, I presume. 

Marie. Oh, no, sir. 

French. No? H'm! {Aside.) Close little piece! I 
must find out where those lilies came from. I know by her 
reticence this is the man. {Takes out coin and slipping it 



THAT Patrick! 9 

into hand?) Oh, by the way, where did you say these Hlies 
grew.-* 

Marir. I said not, sir. 

Frknch (^violently). The deuce you didn't ! {Giv- 
iui^ another coin.) Don't you think you could remem- 
ber ? 

Marie {meditatively). LiHes ? Come they from Mr. 
Graves? No, it is these tuberoses that come from Mr. 
Graves. {Adds vase of tuberoses to row on table.) Mr. 
Forrest, perhaps. Ach, but I am stupid ! It was these 
chrysanthemums that came from the place of Mr. Forrest. 
{Adds chrysanthetnums to row.) And these orange-blos- 



soms 



French {starting). Orange-blossoms. 

Marie {adding them to roiv). Orange-blossoms. 

French. No, not even in Italy, in Rome, did I ever see 
a pair of eyes like Mrs. Churchill's! I always said so. And 
how she can put up with the devotion of these Suttons and 
Belmonts and Graveses! But of course their fathers were 
not pedlers. Where the dickens can she have stowed my 
roses ? I told Patrick to deliver them into her own hands. 
She probably threw them out of the window. I know she 
threw them out of the window. She can't forget that my 
father was a pedler. She's — Oh! she comes! Heavens 
and earth! — she didn't throw them out of the window ; she's 
wearing them! 

{Enter Mrs. Churchill. Exit Marie.) 

Mrs. C. Good morning, Mr. French ; pardon me for keep- 
ing you so long. 

French {confused). Not at all ; it only seemed a 
second. I — I mean it seemed a whole year. It seemed — 
I — 

Mrs. C. Don't stand. Why, what a strange arrange- 
ment Marie has made of the flowers. With your permis- 
sion, I will rearrange them. But, first, will you not take a 
peach .'' 

French. Oh, no, I thank you. 

Mrs. C. They are very sweet, and were given to me by 
the most generous-hearted person in the world. 

French (^j-/V/^). The dickens! Old Belmont! 

Mrs. C. As for these grapes, they fairly melt in one's 
mouth. 

French {aside). Sutton's grapes! 

Mrs. C. Where do you think these tuberoses would 
look best ? Here, against this deep red background? 

French. Yes, certainly ; yes. {Aside.) She gives them 



lo THAT Patrick! 

the place of honor! Forrest, was it, who sent the tuberoses ? 
Mr. Graves ? But, still, she is wearing my roses. 

Mrs. C. And the chrysanthemums I will put here. 

French. By all means. {Aside.) How carefully she 
lifts them. Forrest's chrysanthemums. I am convinced it's 
Forrest! 

Mrs. C. And these lilies — these lovely lilies — 

French. Those confounded — 

Mrs. C. I beg your pardon! 

French. As you say, — those lovely lilies — 

Mrs. C. I will put a little in the shadow. So. 

French. Yes — by all means in the shadow. {Aside.) 
She kissed them — I swear I saw her kiss them when she 
was pretending to smell them! 

Mrs. C. And the orange-blossoms — 

French. There is no place left for the orange-blossoms ; 
you will have to wear them. 

Mrs. C. Wear them! oh, no! I like my roses better. 
You had not noticed my beautiful roses ? 

French. Beautiful .-* You honor them too much! 

Mrs. C But they are very beautiful. 

French {charmed). Mere weeds! 

Mrs. C. {hotly). I never saw more exquisite roses. 

French. Weeds, Mrs. Churchill, mere weeds. 

Mrs. C Really, sir, your taste in flowers is most extraor- 
dinary. I tell you they are exquisite and rare roses, and 
were given me by a dear friend. 

French. Ah ! 

Mrs. C. It is true I do not often wear flowers, but, for 
the sake of my friend, I put them on. 

French. Oh ! 

Mrs. C. Some people might condemn me for speaking so 
frankly ; but, though the Churchills have always been proud 
of their family, I for one make no distinctions of rank. In 
whatever grade of life I find a true and loyal heart, I press it 
to my own. 

French {aside). How my heart beats. She doesn't 
leave me much to say, though ! 

. Mrs. C. {excitedly). Yes, wherever I find a loyal heart I 
clasp it to my own. Away with all distinctions of rank. The 
rank is but the guinea's stamp ! 

French {seizing her hand). Madame, you express the 
inmost feelings of my soul. 

Mrs. C Sir ! 

French. I understand you. I appreciate your delicate 
consideration of my scruples — 



THAT PATRICK! II 

Mrs, C. The man is mad! 

French. Your womanly frankness merely makes me, if 
possible — 

Mrs. C. You will leave the house. 

French. And to see you wearing my roses — 

Mrs. C. Your roses ! 

French. Every one of which was plucked and kissed by 
my own hands — lips — no, plucked by my hands, and kissed 
by my lips — 

Mrs. C. {ringing). There is some strange mistake here. 
{Enter Marie.) Marie, where did these flowers come 
from ? 

Marie. From the end of a pitchfork, madarae. 

Marie. Through the window ! 

Mrs. C. \ Through the window! 

French. \ * 

French. And who, pray, was at the other end of the 
pitchfork .'' 

Marie. That Patrick! It is the way he have of give me 
flowers. So shy is he. 

French. Bringing yojc flowers ! The flowers were for 
your mistress. I told Patrick to bring them this very morn- 
ing. {To Mrs. C.) Ah, I see! So" it's for Patrick's sake 
you are wearing these flowers, and he is the loyal heart in a 
lowly rank of life — 

Mrs. C. Mr. French ! 

Marie. Ah, madame ! take my flowers, my sausages, my 
fresh eggs — anything — but leave me my Patrick! 

{Pitchfork appears at window, with ri?ig on one of its 
pro7igs. All 7'un toward it. French seizes it) 

Marie. Ach, mein Herr ! for me — that is for me ! 

French {presenting it to Mrs. Churchill). Permit 
me, madame, to offer you this tribute from the lowly heart 
you spoke of but now. 

Mrs. C. I know nothing of that ring. 

Marie. Ach, that Patrick ! Madame, take my all, but 
leave me the ring — and my Patrick! 

French {examining ring). By Jupiter! this ring! By 
Jove! this is my ring— the very ring I bought yesterday, 
meaning to ask you, — meaning to present, — I missed it out 
of my waistcoat pocket. I see it all ! Patrick found it, and 
offers himself to you. 

Marie. No — to me, to me! Look! these roses; they, 
too, are my — they comes from Patrick! I give them to my 



12 THAT PATRICK! 

mistress, and behold {taking out verses), also, poetry from 
Patrick ! 

** The roses I send thee, 
Oh, do they offend thee ? 
Ah ! cruel one, bend thee, 
And look on my woe ! " 

French {snatching ^aper). My own verses ! They were 
in my waistcoat with the ring. I missed them, too. 

Marie. Ach ! That Patrick ! 

French. Madame, I do not know what to say to you. 
Your acceptance of the roses which for the last two months I 
have been sending gave me courage to hope — 

Mrs. C. Roses ! I never had the chance to accept. I 
never received a rose from you ! 

French. But I sent them by Patrick. Marie, what does 
ail this mean ? You and Patrick — 

Marie. Ach ! That Patrick ! 

Mrs. C. So you have been keeping the roses yourself! 

Marie. Madame, a thousand pardons. He say nothing 
— that Patrick ! — so shy is he. He present the roses through 
the window, on the end of garden fork. How do I know ? 
The men, they give me so many things. I thought — 

Mrs. C. {laughing^. There, Marie, take your Patrick, — 
and you, Mr. French, your roses. {Gives roses.) 

French. And leave you to wear Mr. Forrest's chrysan- 
themums or Mr. Graves' tuberoses ! 

Mrs. C. You labor under some strange mistake These 
flowers belong — 

Marie. H'st! madame. It is best he think them your 
lovers' ! 

Mrs. C. These flowers and this fruit were sent to Marie 
by various gardeners and coachmen of her acquaintance. 

Marie. Ach, madame I Mein Herr, believe her not ! Be- 
hold, as you send her roses through Patrick, they send her 
lilies and grapes through me. Do you not see .? It is as plain 
as the ears on a rabbit. {Aside.) If Patrick hear I take all 
these things, he never speak to me again. 

Mrs. C. But, Marie, if you cared for Patrick all the time, 
why did you give me his flowers ? 

Marie. Ach, madame ! if I give you all the other's flow- 
ers, and only not Patrick's, you would know that I — that 
I — that — 

Mrs. C. Ah, I see ! you are a regular woman, Marie. 
(Marie retires.) 



THAT Patrick! 13 

French. May I not hope that you will at least take back 
these roses ? 

Mrs. C. Mr. French, I — 

French. I say nothing about the — verses — and the — 
the — 

Mrs. C. Oh, no ! On no account say anything about the 
verses and the — the — 

French. I picked them for you myself. I know it is a 
great liberty. I — (Mrs. C. takes the roses.) 

French {emboldejied ). And perhaps later we may talk 
about the verses and the — the — 

Mrs. C. But for the present we shall do better to confine 
ourselves to 

Marie {at window). That Patrick ! 

Mrs C ) 

French 1 {^^^^^^^^^g io window). Yes, that Patrick 

curtain. 



THE READING CLUB AND HANDY SPEAKER. Beintr Seleo 
lions In Prose and Poetry, Serious, Humorous, Pathetic, Patriotic, and 
Dramatic, for Readings and Recitations. Edited by George M. Bakeb. 
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Contents of Reading-Club No. 1. 



At the Soldiers' Graves. 

Battle-Hymn. 

" Boofer Lady," The. 

Bricklayers, The. 

Bumpkin's Courtship, The. 

Charles Sumner. 

" Curfew must not ring To-night." 

Closet Scene, The. (" Hamlet.") 

Defiance of Harold the Dauntless. 

Der Drummer. 

Deutsch Maud Muller, The. 

Doorstep, The. 

Factory-girl's Diary, The. 

Farmer Bent's Sheep- washing. 

Godiva. 

" Good and Better." 

Happiest Couple, The. (From the 

" School for Scandal.") 
Happy Life, The. 
Hans Breitraann's Party. 
Hour of Prayer, The. 
How Terry saved his Bacon. 
How He saved St. Michael's. 
In the Tunnel. 
Jakie on Watermelon-pickle. 
Jester's Sermon, The. 
•* Jones." 



Mahmoud. 

Mistletoe-Bough, The. 

Mr. Caudle and his Second Wife. 

Mr. O'Gallagher's Three Roads U 

Learning. 
Nobody There. 
Old Age. 

Old Farmer Gray gets Photographed. 
Old Methodist's Testimony, The. 
Overthrow of Belshazzar. 
Puzzled Census-Taker, The. 
Popping the Question. 
Red Jacket, The. 
Rob Roy MacGregor. 
Samson. 

Senator's Pledge, The. 
Showman's Courtshiip, The. 
Squire's Story, The. 
Story of the Bad Little Boy wh« 

didn't come to Grief, The. 
Story of the Faithful Soul, The. 
Stranger in the pew, A. 
Tauler. 

Voices at the Throne, The. 
Whistler, The. 
Yankee and the Dutchman's Dofc 

The. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 2. 



Address of Spottycus. 

Baby Atlas. 

Baby's Soliloquy, A. 

Beauty of Youth, The. 

Biddy's Troubles. 

Bobolink, The. 

Broken Pitcher, The. 

By the Alma River. 

Calling a Boy in the Morning. 

Cooking and Courting. 

Curing a Cold. 

Double Sacrifice, The. 

Farm-yard Song. 

yortune-IIunter, The. 

Goin' Home To-day. 

Harry and I. 

In the Bottom Drawer. 

Last Ride, The. 

Learned Negro, The. 

Little Puzzler, The. 

Man with a Cold in his Head, The. 

Merchant of Venice, Trial Scene. 

Modest Cousin, The. 

Militia General, A. 

"Nearer, my God, to Thee." 



Old Ways and the New, The. 

Opening of the Piano, The. 

Our Visitor, and What He came for. 

Over the River. 

Paddock Elms, The. 

Pickwickians on Ice, The. 

Picture, A. 

Press On. 

Possession, 

Quaker Meeting, The. 

Queen Mab. 

Rescue, The. 

Shadow on the Wall, The. 

Short Sermon, A. 

Sisters, The. 

Sunday Morning. 

There is no Death. 

Tobe's Monument. 

Toothache. 

Tragical Tale of the Tropics, A, 

Traveller's Evening Soug. A. 

Two Anchors, The. 

Two Irish Idyls. 

What's the Matter with that NoseF 

Workers and Thinkers. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 3. 



Appeal in Behalf of American Lib- 
erty. 

Ambition. 

Auction Mad. 

Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man. 

Ballad of the Oysterman, The. 

Bob Cratchit's Christmas-Dinner. 

Bone and Sinew and Brain. 

Bunker Hill. 

Burial of the Dane, The. 

Church of the Best Licks, The. 

Countess and the Serf, The. 

Deck-Hand and the Mule, The. 

Evils of Ignorance, The. 

First Snow-fall, The. 

Flower-mission, Junior, The. 

For Love. 

Fra Giacomo. 

How Persimmons took Cah ob der 
Baby. 

Jouesville Singin' Quire, The. 

Last Tilt, The. 

Lay of lieal Life, A. 

Law of Kindness, The. 

Losses. 

Mad Luce. 

Miuute-men of '75, The. 



Mosquitoes. 

Mr. Stiver's Horse. 

Ode. 

Old Fogy Man, The. 

Pat and the Oysters. 

Recantation of Galileo, The. 

Roast Pig. A Bit of Lamb. 

Roman Soldier, The. 

Riding down. 

Schneider's Tomatoes. 

School of Reform, Scenes from tha. 

Similia SimilibuB. 

Singer, The. 

Solemn Book-Agent, The. 

Sons of New England, The. 

Speech of the Hon. Perverse Peabodj 

on the Acquisition of Cuba. 
Temperance. 
Twilight. 

Two Loves and a Life. 
Two Births. 

Uncle Reuben's Baptism, 
Victories of Peace, The. 
Wedding-Fee, The. 
Wolves, The. 
What the Old Man said. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 4. 



Battle Flag of Sigurd, The. 

" Business " in Mississippi. 

Bell of Atri, The. 

Cane-bottomed Chair, The. 

Cobbler's Secret, The. 

Cuddle Doon. 

Custer's Last Charge. 

Daddy Worthless. 

Decoration. 

Dignity of Labor, The. 

Elder Sniflae's Courtship. 

Goin' Somewhere. 

Grandfather. 

He Giveth His Beloved Sleep. 

Hot Roasted Chestnut, The. 

House-top Saint, The. 

♦•Hunchback," Scene from the. 

Indian's Claim, The. 

Joan of Arc. 

Leedle Yawcob Strauss. 

Little Black-eyed Rebel, The. 

Little Hero, The. 

Little Shoe, A. 

Lost Cats, The. 

Hary Maloney's Philoeophy. 



Minot's Ledge. 

Mother's Fool. 

Mr. O'Hoolahan's Mistake. 

Mr. Watkins celebrates. 

My Neighbor's Baby. 

Palmetto and the Pine, The. 

Pip's Fight. 

Post-Boy, The. 

Pride of Battery B, The. 

" Palace o' the King, The." 

Paper don't Say, The. 

Penny ye meant to gi'e, Th«. 

Question, A. 

Robert of Lincoln. 

Song of the Dying, The. 

St. John the Aged. 

Tramp, The. 

Tom. 

Two Portraits. 

Village Sewing Society, The. 

Way Astors are Made, The. 

What is a Minority ? 

Widder Green's Last Word*. 

William Tell. 

Zenobia'g Defenoe. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 5. 



A BleHBing on the Dance. 

A Charge with Prince Rupert. 

A MyriteriouB Disappearance. 

Art-Matters in Indiana. 

A Rhine Legend. 

A Watch tJiat " Wanted Cleaning." 

An Exciting Contest. 

An Indignation-Meeting. 

An Irish Wake. 

Ballad of a Haker. 

Ballad of Constance. 

Ballad of Ronald Clare. 

Between the IJnes. 

Burdock's Goat. 

Butterwick's Weakness. 

Dot Baby off Mine. 

Edith helps Things along. 

Failed. 

Faithful Little Peter. 

Five. 

From the Sublime to the Ridiculous. 

Good-By. 

"If W^eKnew." 

Last Redoubt. 

MoUie, or Sadie? 



Noble Revenge. 

Not Dead, but Risen. 

" One of the Boys." 

Scene from " London Assurance.** 

Scene from " The Marble Heart." 

Sideways. 

Somebody's Mother. 

Something Spilt. 

Tact and Talent. 

The Amateur Spelling-Match. 

The Blue and Cray. 

The Bridge. 

The Canteen. 

The Dead Doll. 

The Flood and the Ark. 

The Honest Deacon. 

The Kaiser's Feast. 

The Little Shoes did it. 

The Scotchman at the Play. 

The Seven Ages. 

The Two Glasses. 

Tired Mothers. 

Uncle Reraus's Revival Hymn. 

Whistling in Heaven. 

Why Biddy and Pat got Married. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 6. 



A Disturbance in Church. 

A Disturbed Parent. 

A Christmas Carol. 

A Miracle. 

•• A Sweeter Revenge." 

An Irish Love-Letter. 

Behind Time. 

Blind Ned. 

Cavalry Charge, The. 

Clerical Wit. 

" Conquered at Last." 

Count Eberhard's Last Foray. 

Deaf and Dumb. 

Der Shoemaker's Poy. 

Down with the Heathen Chinee! 

Fight at Lookout. 

Fireman's Prayer. 

Greeley's Ride. 

Great Future. 

Immortality. 

Joe's Bespeak. 

.Tohn Chinaman's Protest, 

Jim Lane's Last Message. 

Mr. Coville proves Mathematics. 

Nationality. 



One Touch of Nature. 

Paddy O'Rafther. 

Tutty and Varnish. 

Reserved Power. 

Ship-Boy's Letter. 

Sweet Singer of Michigan. 

Tacking Ship off Shore. 

Tammy's Prize. 

Talk about Shooting. 

Ten Years after. 

The Benediction. 

The Changed Cross. 

The Fan Drill. 

The Farmer's Story. 

The Fountain of Youth. 

The King's Kiss. 

The Palmer's Vision. 

The Sergeant of the Fiftieth. 

The Well -Digger. 

" Them Yankee Blankits." 

They Met. 

Virginius to the Roman Army. 

Warning to Woman. 

Weaving the Web. 

Widow Stebbins on Homoeopathy. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 7. 



A College Widow. 

A Free Seat. 

A Humorous Dare-Devil. 

All's Well that ends WeU. 

A London Bee Story. 

A Modern Heroine. 

A Modern Sermon. 

A Reminiscence. 

A Royal Princess. 

Ave Maria. 

Civil War. 

Creeds of the Bells. 

" Dashing Rod," Trooper. 

Down Hill with the Brakes off. 

Drawing Water. 

Family Portraits. 

Fool's Prayer. 

Greatest Walk on Record. 

Hannibal at the Altar. 

♦' He giveth His Beloved Sleep." 

Hohenlindeu. 

How Neighbor Wilkins got Religion. 

How Rauda went over the River. 

Irish Boy and Priest. 

Jimmy Butler and the Owl. 

Jim Wolfe and the Cats. 



Last Hymn. 

Left Alone at Eighty. 

Maud's Misery. 

National Game. 

New Dixie. 

On the Channel-Boat. 

Orient Yourself. 

Paddle Your Own Can»e. 

Patriot Spy. 

Pledge to the Dead. 

Pomological Society. 

Rhymes at Random. 

San Benito. 

St. Leon's Toast. 

That Calf. 

The Carpenter's Wooing, and tk 

Sequel. 
The Dead Student. 
The Ladies. 
The Pin. 
The Retort. 
The Singers' Alms. 
This Side and That. 
Two Fishers. 
Uncle Mellick dines with his Master. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 8. 



A Brick. 

A Colored Debating Society. 

Along the Line. 

A New Version of the Parable of the 

Virgins. 
An Evangel. 
Annie's Ticket. 
Apples — A Comedy. 
A Sermon for the Sisters. 
A Thirsty Boy. 
Aunt Phillis's Guest. 
Ballad of the Bell-Tower. 
" Christianos ad Leones! " 
City Man and Setting Hen. 
Daisy's Faith. 
De 'Sperience ob Reb'rend Quacko 

Strong. 
Defence of Lucknow. 
Dutch Security. 
Fast Mail. 
Father William. 
From One Standpoint. 
Girl of the Crisis. 
Grave of the Greyhound. 
Indian Warrior's Defence. 
Labor is Worship. 



Lanty T/eary. 

Last of the Sarpints. 

Legend of the White Hand. 

London Zoological Gardens. 

Masked Batteries. 

Miss Edith's Modest Request. 

Mrs. Brown at the Play. 

Old Grimes. 

People will laugh. 

Peril of the Mines. 

Parody on "Father William.'* 

Patter of the Shingle. 

Paul Clifford's Defence. 

Shiftless Neighbor Ball. 

Song of the Mystic. 

The Baron's Last Banquet. 

The Captive. 

The Dilemma. 

The Divorce Feast. 

The Farmer and the Barrister. 

The Man with a Bear, 

The Story of the Tilen. 

The Outlaw's Yarn. 

The Rich Man and the Poor 

Two Dreams. 

Yankee Courtship, 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 9. 



Antoinette. 

Antony to Cleopatra. 

Awfully Lovely rhilosophy. 

Calif, The. 

Cheek. 

Claribere Prayer. 

Cleopatra Dying. 

Dagger Scene from " The "Wife," 

The. 
Dandy Fifth, The. 
Don Squixct's Ghost. 
Gingerbread. 
Hannah. 
" He and She." 
Hero Woman, The. 
Holly Branch, The. 
Jan Steener's Ride. 
Johnny on Snakes. 
King's Bell, The. 
Legend of Saint Barbara, The. 
Legend of the Organ-Builder. 
Life in Death. 
Little Girl's Song, The. 
Lookout Mountain. 
Loves of Lucinda. 
Man Wich didn't drink Wotter, The. 



Make the Best of Every Thing. 

Marked Grave, The. 

Marriage of Santa Claue, The, 

Mice at Play. 

No Color Line in Heaven. 

Night Watch. 

Old Man's Dreams, An. 

One-legged Goose, The. 

Owl Critic, The. 

" Papa says so too." 

Poetry of Iron, The. 

Right must win, The. 

Reviving de Sinners. 

Selling the Farm. 

Setting a Hen. 

She would be a Mason. 

Similar Case, A. 

Sleep, The. 

Song of the North, The. 

Spinning-wheel, The. 

Time. 

Tomato, The. 

Tramp of Shiloh, The. 

Very Naughty Little Girl's Views. 

Widow of Nain, The. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 10. 



Autumn Leaves. 

Autumn Thoughts. 

Baffled Book-Agent, The. 

Banker and the Cobbler, The. 

Brudder Johnson on 'Lectricity. 

Building and Being. 

Carcassonne. 

Chain of Gold, The. 

Charge of the Heavy Brigade. 

Christmas Elegy, A. 

Clown's Baby^The. 

Confession, The. 

Conversion of Col. Quagg. 

Court Lady, A. 

Cruise of the "Monitor," The. 

Death of the Old Wife. 

Death of Steerforth. 

Garlield. 

Hark ! 

How the Colonel took It. 

Intensely Utter. 

Jackdaw of Kheims, The. 

Mate of the " Betsy Jane," The. 

Nebuchadnezzah. 

No Time like the Old Time. 



No Yearning for the Beautiful. 

" Ole Marster's " Christmas. 

Our Baby. 

Parting Lovers, The. 

Penitent, A. 

Purpose, A. 

Round of Life, The. 

Ramon. 

Rather Embarrassing. 

Ravenswood's Oath. 

Robert Emmett's Last Speech. 

Saving Mother. 

Scene from " Mary Stuart." 

Serenade, The. 

Sharpshooter's Miss, The. 

Sooner or Later. 

Story of a Stowaway, The. 

Squire Houstou's Marriage Ceremony 

The Way Rube Hoffensltin sells. 

This means You, Girls. 

Tickled All Oafer. 

Union of Blue and Gray. 

Widow to Her Son, The. 

Wild Weather Outside. 

Young G rime*. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 11. 



Abraham Lincoln and the Poor 
Woman. 

Big Ben Bollon. 

Bivouac of the Dead, The. 

Captain'8 Tale, The. 

Cataract of Lodore, The. 

Charge at Valley Maloy, The. 

Child's Evening Prayer, The. 

Clear Bargain, A. 

Closing Scene, The. 

Convent Robbing. 

Countersign was "Mary," The. 

Crutch in the Corner. 

Drifted Out to Sea. 

" Fall In." 

For Life and Death. 

Glimpse of Death, A. 

Going towards Sundown. 

Garibaldi and BUs Companions. 

Kelly's Ferry. 

Last upon the Roll. 

Leedle Yawcob Strauss : What He 
says. 

Magnificent Poverty. 

Mr. Murphy explains His Son's Con- 
duct. 

Mysterious Rappings. 



Nearer Home. 

No Precedent. 

Old Man goes to Town, The. 

O'thello. 

♦' Mebbe," Joe's True Feesh Storjc 

Paddy's Metamorphosis. 

Pat's Bondsman. 

Pericles to the People. 

"Picciola." 

Red O'Neil, The. 

Reflections on the Needle. 

Roland Gray. 

Second Review of the Grand Army 

Silver Cup, The. 

Snow-storm, The. 

Speculation. 

Suckers on de Corn. 

" Treadwater Jim." 

Unforgotten Foe, The. 

Variegated Dogs. 

Virginny. 

Washee, Washee. 

What saved the Union. 

Wonderful Tar Baby Story, The. 

Wreck of the White Ship, 

Yawcob Strauss. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 12. 



.Esthetic Housekeeper, The. 

Asking the Gov'nor. 

Asleep at the Switch. 

Awkward. 

Bad Mix, A. 

Boys Who Never got Home, The. 

Concurrent Testimony. 

Cruise of the " Nancy Jane," The. 

Discontented Pendulum, The. 

Doctor's Wedding, The. 

Enoch of Calaveras, The. 

Fire! Fire! 

Fire- Worshippers, The. 

Funny Small Boy, The. 

6ood-by, Proud World. 

How Dennis took the Pledge. 

How He Made It. 

How Tim's Prayer was answered. 

House that Jack built. The. 

Ideal of Woman, An. 

I have drank my Last Glass, Boys. 

Jack at All Trades, A. 

Judge Pitman's Watch. 

Katie's Answer. 

little Presbyterian Maid, The. 

y ttle Rocket's ChtietmiHi 



Lucille's Mistake. 

Making Love in the Choir. 

Memory. 

Money Musk. 

Mike McGaffaty's Dog. 

Nancy Sykes. 

New Church Doctrine, The. 

Night after Christmas, The. 

"Norval." 

Old Knight's Treasure, The. 

Only a Crippled Soldier. 

Pat and the Pig. 

Pegging Away. 

Penn's Monument. 

Policeman's Story, The. 

Postilion of Nagold, The. 

Public Grindstone, The. 

Scene from •' Leah the Forsaken,* 

Soldiers' Monument, The. 

Signing the Pledge. 

Sun-Burst. 

The Three Little Chairs. 

Two Ways of Telling a Story. 

Veterans, The. 

War with Alcohol. ThCc 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 13. 



Apele for Are to the Sextant, A. 

Art Is IMUloHS. 

•' AHHorletl " Dfolaination, An. 

Auction Extraordinary. 

Hob. 

(.'anilor. 

Chicken Talk. 

C'hoosiiig a Cow. 

Christinafl I^allad, A. 

Cold Water. 

Colored Sermon, A. 

Death of Mogjf Megone, The. 

Death of the Dominie, The. 

Death of Thomas Becket, The. 

Drinking a Tear. 

Eaulet and the Child, The. 

Ooin' to Liza's. 

Gridiron, The. 

How Vera Cruz was won. 

"Jesus, Lover of My Soul." 

Lady Yeard ley's Guest. 

Little Elftu's Plea. 

" Little Potter's " Story. 

" Make It Four, Yer Honor.** 

Middierib's liheumatic Cur*. 



Mount of the Holy Cross, Tho. 
Mr. Collins's Croquet-Set. 
Old Maid's Prayer, The. 
Old Twine String, 'J'he. 
" O'Meara Consolidated," The. 
Orphan Boy, The. 
•' Peace, Be Still." 
Piece of Bunting, A. 
Plancheite. 
Political Outfit, A. 
Popping Corn. 
Railroad-Crossing, The. 
Ram for Ould Oireland, A. 
Ruined Man, The. 
Sacred Relics of the Past. 
Sequel to the Old Maid's Prayer- 
Statue Scene, The. 
Story of the Swords, The. 
Sunset Prophecy, A. 
Ticket o' Leave. 
Tipperary. 
" Tom's Dead ! " 
Vengeance, A. 
" Willie." 
Wisdom of AU, The. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 14. 



Advanced Thought. 

African Chief, The. 

American Flag, The. 

Bad Boy at Breakfast, The. 

Ballad of Cassandra Brown, The. 

Catastrophe, A. 

Caught by the Tide. 

Charge by the Ford, The. 

Charity : A Problem. 

Clouds, The. 

Confession, The. 

Curfew Heroine, The. 

Deacon's Prayer, The. 

Dot Delephone. 

Drift. 

Good Wife, The. 

How He Won Her. 

In the Floods. 

Irish Philosopher, The. 

Judge's Search for a Waterfall, The. 

King and the Snake, The. 

Knife-Grinder, The. 

Like Mother used to make. 

Little Jesse James. 

•• Lord's Plate," The. 



New-style Poem, A. 

Nine Suitors, The. 

Not to be Won that Way. 

O'Branigan's Drill. 

O'Connell as an Orator. 

Old Daddy Turner. 

Old Puritan Divines, The. 

Oratory of Wendell Phillips. 

Paddy's Excelsior. 

Pat's Dream of Heaven. 

Plantation Proverbs. 

Prospective. 

Regulus to the Roman Senate. 

Rolla's Address to the Peruviana. 

Roll-Call. 

Scene from •' Sweethearts." 

Scene from " The Iron Chest." 

Serious Jar, A. 

Sheridan's Ride. 

Society Play, A. 

Soldier's Reprieve, The. 

Somebody's Darling. 

Unknown. 

Virginia. 

Why No Scotchmen go to Heaven. 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 15. 



Archery of William Tell, The. 

Automatic Cradle, The. 

Baby's Soliloquy. 

*♦ Blame it all on Me." 

Bridget McKae's Wedding Anniversary. 

Champion Snorer, The. 

Coins of the Realm. 

Curly-head. 

Dread of Death, The. 

Elizabeth Zaue. 

Error o' Judgment, An. 

Fly's Cogitations, A. 

Forum Scene, The. 

Free Breakfast, A. 

Gladiator, The. 

Harry Brandon. 

He wasn't Ready. 

His Mother's Songa. 

Household Fairy, A. 

Indignant Nellie. 

In the Catacombs. 

In the Surf. 

Irish Schoolmaster, The. 

I vash 80 glad I vash here ! 

Keeuaa's Charge. 



Langley Lane. 

Lasca. 

Modern Fiancee, A. 

Mother's Doughnuts. 

My Wife and Child. 

Mule and the Bees, The. 

Mobile Bay. 

Napoleon Bonaparte. 

Ninety-eight. 

Old Mother Hubbard, The. 

Our Folks. 

Phantom Monkey, The. 

Post Number Three. 

Praying for Shoes. 

Rain Prayer, The. 

Same Old Story, The. 

Shipwreck Story, A. 

Somebody's Pride. 

Summer Storm. 

Tear of Repentance, The. 

That Fire at the Nolans'. 

United Order of Half-shells, The. 

Voice of the Sluggard, The. 

Widow O'Shane's Rent, The. 

«' You've found Heaven dret, JauetU 



Contents of Reading-Club No. 16. 



After Taps. 

At Arlington. 

At the Rising of the Moon. 

Auntie Parson's Story. 

Aunt Sophronia at the Oper«. 

Beecher on Phillips. 

Biddy's Philosophy. 

Bravest Boy in Town, The. 

Brer Rabbit and the Butter. 

Cicely and the Bears. 

Course of True Love, The. 

Drummer's Betrothed, The. 

Dutchman's Serenade, The. 

Dying Words of Isaac. 

Fight with a Trout, A. 

Forcible Entry. 

Grant's Strategy. 

He never told a Lie. 

Howl in Rome, A. 

Indian Names. 

Ingoraar. 

Jamie Douglas. 

John Leland's Examination. 

Laughing Philosopher, The. 

liCak in the Dika, The. 



Lessons in Cookery. 
Lesson to Lovers, A. 
Love Game, A. 
Loves of a Life, The. 
" Magdalena." 
Menagerie, The. 
Nebuious Philosophy. 
Never too Late. 
No. 

Old Canteen, The. 
Old Man's Prayer, An. 
On the Shores of Tenn( 
Order for a Picture, An. 
Original Idea, An. 
Over the Left. 
Paddy's Dream. 
Patent Bedstead, A. 
i'at's Reason. 
Prisoner of War, The. 
Raking the Meadow Lot. 
Saddest Sight, The. 
Seminole's Reply, The. 
September Gale, The. 
Soldier's Dream, The. 
Song of the Drum, The, 



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UNCLE ROBERT. A Comedy in 3 Acts. 

Bv II. P. ( urti«. b male. 2 female char. 

A VERY PLEASANT EVENING. A Farce 

in 1 Act. Bv W. E. Suter. 3 male char. 

THE WELSH GIRL. A Comedy in 1 Act. 

Bv Mrs. Plani'he. 3 male, 2 female char. 

WHICH WILL HAVE HIM ? A Vaude- 
ville. 1 male. 2 fen)ale char. 

THE WIFE'S SECRET. A Play in 5 Acts. 

Bv Geo. W. Lovell. ]0 male, 2 female char. 

YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER. A Farce in 

1 Act. By J. M. Morton. 3 male, 3 female char. 



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